PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
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Sample Output H3
Eum consetetur liber dolore dolor facilisi in vero voluptua takimata accusam ipsum clita et sit. Ut et volutpat stet lorem lorem lorem amet sadipscing consequat et in consetetur magna at justo dolor velit ut. Magna stet duis sit wisi. Nulla kasd ea et et sit. Dolore et voluptua exerci kasd et diam dolore aliquyam erat luptatum sed. Aliquyam amet adipiscing. Hendrerit amet et consequat. Et diam dolores ut tempor eos.
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Sample Output H4
Consetetur justo duo ipsum et eum sed diam nibh kasd feugiat at nonumy. In est dolor ea amet dolor elitr dolor sit hendrerit dolore sanctus facilisis ipsum lorem clita ullamcorper. Sed minim tincidunt et at eum ipsum et lorem at duis no amet dolor labore esse lobortis. Accusam aliquyam et sed dolores dolor et diam. Sed et takimata labore consetetur et illum duo vel dolore. Magna sanctus clita erat accusam et justo et sed duo vulputate voluptua.
Ipsum dolor kasd lorem ea nulla sadipscing eu sed voluptua eirmod elitr tation. Nonumy sit erat odio est ut nisl dolore duo elitr possim ut eum dolor. Sed aliquip sea elitr lorem duis ut eos sit kasd takimata nonumy dolores ea tempor diam. Tincidunt et magna diam lorem et accusam sit at luptatum at ipsum. Magna magna sed dolor et takimata rebum. Diam diam magna duis. Aliquyam ipsum nonumy diam sit dolore dolor clita at ad accusam erat invidunt illum aliquam. Accusam iriure et. Sadipscing invidunt gubergren eirmod et magna erat id nonummy augue tempor wisi erat amet zzril vero. Ut molestie sadipscing dolor eu consequat dolore et duo ipsum facer ut lorem lorem sit ea nibh.
Sample Output H4
Ullamcorper volutpat et clita dolor at cum magna invidunt magna amet elitr ut lorem diam. Et et dolor aliquyam duo vero duo ipsum et sea. Iusto takimata dolore diam dignissim. Dolore amet lobortis ipsum rebum elitr. Erat dignissim et justo sit nonumy. Sea ea at duis iriure accumsan invidunt ut. Dolore duo invidunt clita facilisi magna at eirmod dolore veniam magna eos. Lorem dolor dolore nulla voluptua dolor augue sea ipsum. Quis dolor et tation magna vel amet amet at iriure diam duo dolor clita augue tempor. Amet sed ipsum et at et vel dolor clita commodo vero commodo cum et tincidunt diam et et.
Iriure sadipscing tincidunt. Wisi est diam sit ipsum clita lorem duo et lorem duo aliquyam sit. Hendrerit tempor sed facilisis et magna justo ut at ut clita rebum ut nonumy eirmod voluptua et. Odio et accusam et diam. Eros amet eos te eros eirmod eirmod feugait dolor tempor ipsum takimata lorem facilisis. Feugait dolor ipsum. Labore amet labore diam magna.
Sample Output H3
Minim dolores consetetur aliquyam ut justo rebum exerci tempor. Volutpat elitr nonumy no clita lorem sed magna et magna dolor no voluptua diam amet. Et duo dolor aliquyam eos dolores feugiat diam commodo tempor ex clita sit et elitr. Vero ipsum voluptua gubergren dolor nonumy ipsum dolore aliquyam enim vel ipsum duo et. Amet enim sed dolor dolor at dolore erat aliquip exerci lorem at lorem odio erat ut tempor.
Amet accusam amet magna. Dolores et accusam no sed facer dolore in amet dolor sit dolor velit tempor sit esse kasd consetetur feugait. Dolor vel lorem sea sit no tation no facilisis facer duo autem sed justo aliquyam magna. Sed dolor kasd consetetur tempor elit dolor accusam dolore duis. Sadipscing vero hendrerit kasd sadipscing in feugait ut kasd illum tation rebum labore. Ea justo sed magna takimata eirmod. Ea magna eirmod sadipscing vel justo accusam sit. Sanctus justo dolores sanctus. Dolor sit sea aliquip et tation consetetur. Eos labore tempor sed accusam erat. Eos amet at sea eros clita quod dolor lorem aliquyam dolores aliquam et elitr voluptua.
Sample Output H4
Diam sea stet eirmod accusam et dignissim at nibh amet no lobortis est justo. Elitr euismod aliquyam suscipit consetetur te rebum eos nulla lorem possim no justo tempor clita imperdiet. No et amet rebum et et ipsum ut nonumy rebum magna gubergren duis zzril et gubergren ipsum eum. Sed assum te dignissim feugiat blandit qui eirmod ea at ipsum vulputate wisi volutpat duis. Erat duo est voluptua ullamcorper diam accusam magna ea eirmod sanctus euismod ipsum takimata amet et. Odio justo nonummy tempor est diam nonumy magna magna eos at amet et magna amet tempor. Diam sed consetetur et duis sit duo accusam diam eirmod vel at justo.
Dolores amet clita lorem et aliquip vero duis no facilisis sadipscing eirmod elitr. In dolor accusam. Sed accusam ut no est takimata duo gubergren sit. Est ad et clita erat tempor. Diam duo consequat dolores odio ad in labore elitr accusam stet takimata et ea. At dolor hendrerit accusam elit sea erat sanctus rebum in accusam voluptua iriure. Placerat dolore euismod accumsan ea amet ut dolor velit accusam et amet at rebum ea et. Aliquip et hendrerit no lorem lorem gubergren lorem sit gubergren dolore tempor at vel in magna takimata. Nonumy ut wisi lorem clita sed molestie nostrud et rebum autem. Duis liber vero eros molestie in ipsum dolor ipsum. Ea eirmod accusam in diam et duis ipsum eirmod et.
Sample Output H4
Et dolor aliquip dolor ullamcorper. Iusto voluptua et sit est nibh clita. Consetetur ut dolor duis sed lorem feugiat kasd in feugiat gubergren et tempor consequat rebum nulla sadipscing sed labore. Sed sadipscing at dolor. Ut magna exerci at justo kasd iriure augue labore lobortis et nulla no ut quis. Duo amet et elitr molestie in invidunt stet lorem lorem diam eum elitr nulla dolor elitr dolore nulla. Vero lorem elit stet lorem.
Ipsum rebum aliquyam eos dolores clita eirmod nonumy elitr dolor eirmod quod. Ut amet option ullamcorper lorem hendrerit. Est est suscipit. Sit magna eirmod est kasd justo sea. Diam no magna et dolore magna invidunt euismod elitr ipsum. Est lorem tempor lobortis sanctus veniam laoreet vero accusam no molestie accusam ipsum eros. Kasd ut illum amet sed nonumy diam diam et kasd sadipscing voluptua duo at stet stet in. Et sit liber no.
More Sample Output H2
Voluptua tation sit invidunt diam amet tempor vulputate magna voluptua lorem. Consetetur feugait et et ea in accusam clita ad elitr est stet nulla amet nulla justo et. Qui et veniam magna takimata accusam consetetur diam sit accusam eos ipsum sed elitr no. Et dolore amet adipiscing invidunt ea vulputate dolore tempor dolores dolor luptatum nulla sit et. Ullamcorper sanctus at et lobortis stet et. Nonumy eum hendrerit amet eirmod kasd sit sit est et voluptua tation takimata lorem eos. Et dolore consetetur facer tempor clita gubergren labore qui est kasd. Dolores euismod esse. Nonummy voluptua iriure vulputate in lorem.
Labore ullamcorper iriure sanctus et feugait kasd amet dolore et. Eros justo erat eirmod te. Diam lorem et lorem ea erat. Doming ipsum aliquyam magna ipsum labore kasd rebum facilisi duo. Ea praesent luptatum exerci voluptua tempor dolores lorem sit dolore stet magna et vero amet tempor eirmod. Suscipit doming justo nibh ipsum praesent dolor facilisis magna dolor dolor gubergren lorem justo wisi suscipit. Sadipscing et feugiat eos euismod et. Et eos consectetuer augue rebum lorem dolor sit iriure sadipscing.
Sample Output H3
Tempor et ex rebum duo. Dolor feugait sanctus tempor lorem sadipscing est sadipscing consetetur takimata dolores nisl autem et at diam vel. Justo sed duis voluptua esse dolor consequat sed et kasd accusam gubergren no aliquyam delenit et. Vero dignissim aliquyam molestie possim nulla accusam gubergren amet clita ut feugiat et amet consetetur. Eu nonummy nonumy ut clita est est invidunt sadipscing vero consetetur.
Praesent duis takimata in lorem esse nisl lorem liber autem diam in et feugait exerci et dolore diam commodo. Magna erat in feugait gubergren elitr justo zzril gubergren. Minim ea et voluptua dolor et sed tempor clita euismod. Et eos et ut esse nisl aliquyam wisi lorem sadipscing liber te rebum erat sit ipsum. Nonummy kasd qui takimata nonumy kasd dolore et nostrud laoreet aliquyam hendrerit tempor. At voluptua lorem lorem sanctus dolore vulputate.
Sample Output H4
Lobortis ut accumsan invidunt gubergren lorem dolor et in stet elit. Sit est lorem sadipscing stet amet clita kasd sed lorem et ut nihil magna. In ut diam sed eros ullamcorper eos clita iusto duis sea et. Et eirmod molestie facilisis voluptua in invidunt et sanctus est sadipscing veniam diam gubergren nibh lobortis. Sea magna erat diam no lorem kasd consequat lorem commodo duis sadipscing nonummy stet. Diam euismod justo feugait dolor sanctus sed gubergren diam magna iusto duo possim autem delenit zzril tincidunt justo. Placerat et sadipscing rebum nobis diam at sea et tempor duis voluptua vel. Eirmod dolores labore feugait accusam amet. Dolores augue eirmod eos liber option sed tempor diam sit justo ipsum et accusam ut labore erat duo est. Ipsum amet voluptua dolor est vero mazim aliquip vel wisi diam nam. No accumsan tincidunt est.
Velit dolor et. Ut quod suscipit enim sanctus ipsum dolores eirmod sanctus amet eos consequat lorem elitr tation duo. Sea diam tincidunt feugait clita dolore diam sea dolore. Erat tempor accusam ut et consectetuer hendrerit accusam ipsum praesent eu lorem. Et diam dolores iusto lorem feugait gubergren et stet eos ut feugiat minim. Ut vero stet euismod iusto eos hendrerit tempor sit ut ipsum ipsum duo.
Sample Output H4
Et justo dolor. Quis no praesent stet et et lorem sanctus dolor amet ea est. Nibh duo ea ipsum dolore nonumy. Facilisis sanctus feugiat te dolore eirmod dolor. Option sit in ut labore sea dolor eos sanctus. Eos accusam lobortis dolores aliquyam eirmod dolore congue.
Amet consetetur facilisi dolore eu stet et qui delenit et dolore lorem accusam. Et sit erat feugait et tation tincidunt consetetur gubergren cum dolore. Lorem kasd amet sed elitr et ut accumsan laoreet odio assum takimata consetetur et ipsum kasd iriure labore. Et amet et exerci erat tincidunt vero diam sit. Est ut nonumy aliquyam kasd. Rebum sadipscing elitr ea dolore erat magna dolores cum illum accusam wisi ut. Sadipscing dolore at. Kasd duo et labore.
Sample Output H3
Minim at vulputate qui vel invidunt lorem. Praesent vero odio eos amet cum amet magna ex et sea ipsum nam. Sed vero eum ipsum no et eu gubergren dolore aliquyam tempor at labore sanctus in imperdiet. Enim dolore eros rebum gubergren duo ea accusam sed tincidunt eum consectetuer aliquam voluptua duo sed justo consequat consequat. Sit diam et iriure mazim consetetur sanctus minim possim vel in hendrerit takimata sit no dolores sit et. Vulputate clita dolore vulputate tincidunt dolor iriure kasd est at vulputate et at diam in zzril vulputate ipsum aliquyam. Et duis esse magna ut aliquyam lorem at duo vel ut nonumy lorem dolor voluptua. Ea nulla tincidunt sadipscing sit et dolor. Dolor et diam duis vel consequat duo justo ea voluptua ea. Et labore magna clita lorem et in lorem vero no erat eirmod ut vero rebum et sadipscing. Consetetur et te lorem nulla ea duis et diam eleifend dolore et stet sed diam delenit sanctus ut hendrerit.
Vero invidunt dolor ut sadipscing sed ipsum lorem vero eos vel feugait sed ea magna dignissim feugait lobortis. Ut autem stet sed est hendrerit nulla nobis blandit magna. Erat et luptatum sadipscing luptatum at at. Tempor sed rebum et et diam ipsum tation illum. Vero erat ea. Aliquyam nibh praesent dolore clita quis vulputate rebum sea erat.
Sample Output H4
Diam eu sed ut et dignissim takimata sea enim tempor accusam laoreet dolor labore ut ipsum aliquyam. Autem elitr invidunt aliquyam amet diam consetetur ut volutpat. Voluptua suscipit et duo consetetur stet option consequat aliquyam ea quis dolore est tation magna sadipscing. Amet labore sanctus invidunt suscipit labore justo ipsum ullamcorper stet dolor. Eirmod no amet lorem velit et gubergren dolores erat feugiat dolore ipsum nisl.
Voluptua eos tempor dolores ipsum dolor soluta amet labore diam sit nonumy accumsan dolor. Nam amet soluta invidunt elitr at augue duo consequat vero et dolor labore vel justo no delenit eu dignissim. Erat et sit amet eirmod. Gubergren amet ipsum esse exerci lorem magna ut et elit consectetuer. Eleifend et magna tincidunt lobortis kasd voluptua at dolore delenit rebum magna.
Sample Output H4
Justo sadipscing ut tempor est nisl. Eirmod kasd facilisis dignissim. Stet vulputate rebum rebum at volutpat elitr no dolore autem dolore lorem ea blandit vero sea vel erat ut. Labore et sit eos lorem ut consetetur dolore ut. Dolore commodo lorem iriure congue facilisi clita. Invidunt sed nonumy sit et et clita et est tempor. Amet ipsum tempor in labore diam sadipscing ipsum at rebum sadipscing elitr. Dolore aliquyam sea erat amet elitr est esse eum et sadipscing sea dolore et amet stet amet labore. Nulla consequat sea ullamcorper dolor eos justo veniam ut aliquip est diam sadipscing et.
Est rebum et et stet magna consetetur eirmod tempor ad. Vero est autem. Dolor aliquyam at ut eos sit quis accusam est aliquyam vero. Aliquyam sed no ea sanctus dolor ut et lorem sea sit. Eros hendrerit voluptua esse ut tempor diam at et sit feugait gubergren ea. Gubergren aliquyam in nulla sed ut invidunt vel rebum at sed rebum nihil gubergren in at.